The Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) in China has joined the
LED City™ program. The LED City program is an international initiative
to promote and deploy energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode)
lighting. TEDA is the first city area in China to join a rapidly
growing consortium of cities in evaluating and deploying LED lighting
technology across their municipal infrastructures.
Student Led LED Project!
TEDA partnered with Tianjin Polytechnic University in a
large, student-produced LED street lighting project. Twenty graduate
students directed by Professor Pingjuan Niu, Ph.D., designed, produced
and installed approximately 1,500 LED streetlights. These
LED fixtures illuminate 15
kilometers along the university’s streets.
“LED lighting not only
reduces significantly the amount of energy we use for illumination, it
also does not contain toxic materials such as mercury or lead. In
addition to the energy and cost benefits, TEDA and the Tianjin
Polytechnic University support the development and manufacturing of
high-quality LED fixtures in our region for even greater economic
benefit,” noted Ai Yaming, TEDA vice chairman.
“LED technology is the most important new
development for energy and cost savings in the lighting industry. Our
university, its students and TEDA are developing expertise in making
the best quality LED lighting with the intent to help accelerate the
adoption of LED lighting in China and to increase the economic
opportunity for our region,” said Niu,
professor of the solid-state lighting R&D center at Tianjin
Polytechnic University.
“The LED street lighting project at
Tianjin Polytechnic University is impressive in scale and in the level
of quality achieved by Dr. Niu and her students. We encourage other
Chinese cities and universities to join with these innovators to help
us work to significantly reduce the amount of energy used for lighting
throughout the world and to accelerate the adoption of this new
technology through innovative design and manufacturing here in China,” noted Chris James,
Cree vice president of marketing.
About LED CityThe
LED City is an expanding community of government and industry parties
working to evaluate deploy and promote LED lighting technology across
the full range of municipal infrastructure to:
* Save energy
* Protect the environment
* Reduce maintenance costs
* Provide better light quality for improved visibility and safety
According
to the U.S. Department of Energy, 22 percent of electricity used in the
U.S. powers lighting. In a world with soaring energy prices based on
the availability and control of fossil fuels, and with growing concern
about sustainability of the environment, a revolution in lighting is
long overdue.
About Tianjin and Tianjin Economic Development AreaTianjin
is China’s third largest city, an independent municipality with a
population of 9.5 million that is a major commercial and industrial
center as well as the biggest port in north China. About 137 kilometers
(85 miles) southeast of Beijing, Tianjin is situated at the confluence
of five tributaries of the Haihe River, 50 km from the Gulf of Bohai.
Tianjin
is best known for its streetscapes of colonial-era buildings, a residue
of its status as a Treaty Port after 1858. Now a center of
multinational businesses concentrated in the new satellite city known
as TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area), Tianjin has an extensive
modern infrastructure, and is known for the high quality of its
industrial products.
About Tianjin Polytechnic UniversityTianjin
Polytechnic University was founded in 1912, providing an education
program for bachelor, master’s, doctorate and post-doctorate degrees.
The campus occupies 600,000 square meters with 310,000 square meters of
floor space in Tianjin City. The Tianjin Polytechnic University is also
the location for the Ministry of Education labs, which are the home to
the national post-doctoral research station. The University has 14
faculties with a total enrollment of over 15,000 students in the
undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs. Tianjin Polytechnic
University is involved in international educational programs with 50
universities located in Japan, Germany, Canada, the US and 20 other
countries.
About Cree, Inc.Cree is a
market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors and devices
that enhance the value of solid-state lighting, power and
communications products by significantly increasing their energy
performance and efficiency. Key to Cree’s market advantage is its
world-class materials expertise in silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium
nitride (GaN) for chips and packaged devices that can handle more power
in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available
technologies, materials and products.
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